Keep the farmer well and meat for the war drive
The Maine State Department of Health urges rural organization to keep farmers healthy to boost food production for national defense. It promotes vaccination against smallpox typhoid and diphtheria and calls on farmers and groups to cooperate with health officials. Hog breeding is urged to increase meat supply for troops and civilians as World War I drives demand. Road work from Edgecomb to Boothbay Harbor improves highway for motorists next season.
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United States Public Health Service
State Department of Health
Augusia
Maine
America
Admiral de Slagan
Meine
D. Hristol
Oas
Mristol
Hiuself
Boothbay Harbor
Edeecomb
J. J. Spirvey
State Highway Department
Ceremilly
Eddy
Annertion
Wiscasset’ Bridge
Boothbay MaMbor
Fall and Winter Lime Use Urged for Crops and War Needs
Farmers urged to order lime now to allow six to eight months for supply, preventing spring shortages. Fall or winter application is as effective as spring and serves as wartime emergency measure. Also notes hog health vigilance and energy-rich foods for laborers, with advice on destroying billbug habitat on future planting land.
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Iby
Former Bath Boy and Boothbay Girl Celebrate Their Silver Wedding
Mr and Mrs George J Dillaway of Garden street Wakefield Massachusetts formerly of Bath observed a silver wedding Saturday evening They were married in Bath by Rev A A Lewis They have four children Samuel Manson M George L and Mary K Dillaway Manson serves in the aviation branch of the US Signal Corps George Sr attends West Point and both former Co A fifth Regiment members Mr Dillaway is a Boston attorney and lodge member Mrs Dillaway belongs to the Ladies Mos Club Harmony Chapter OES and the Wakefield A Auxiliary The couple hosted guests from Malden Medford and other towns Boule was the Sunday guest of his parents at Montsweag.
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Boothbay
George J. Dillaway
Garden Street
Wakefield
Mass
Bath
Dillaway
Samuel Dillaway
Mises Josephine McKown
Manson I, McKown
Boothbay Harbor
A A. Lewis
Wesley Methodist Church
Samuel
Manson M
George L
Mary K. Dillaway
Manson
Aviation
United States Signal Corps
George Sr
United States Military Academy
West Point
Co. A
Fth
M. Vv
Boston
Converse and
Sterling Lodges
Emmanuel Biscopal Church of
Pway
Ladies’ Mos Club
Harmony Japter
O.E.S
The
D Sgocretics
Malden
Medford
Governor Asks City Treasurer To Pay 1917 Pensions Early
Governor Milliken requests City Treasurer Merrill to pay the entire year 1917 pension funds including the fourth quarter before Christmas. A list of pensioners in the town is enclosed. Payments should be made on December 3 and vouchers forwarded to Gen. John Harper to reimburse the town by January 1.
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John Harper
Bath Thanksgiving Day menu and missing funds tale
The Bath community highlights a large Thanksgiving feast planned by Rev. B S Fifield in Patten and Bath, including oyster soup and roast turkey for troops, while a loss of $20 to $30 is reported from Brunswick station. A local fruit peddler also notes family hardships back home, and a long list of groceries and items appears in the page’s ads and notices.
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B.S. Fifield
Patten
Bath
Brunswick
Kitteld
Boothbay
Noell
Women knit for soldiers amid war relief drive
Report from the Pow committees notes volunteers in the war relief knit program. Since Oct 12 they have made and distributed hats scarves mittens socks and vests for Fort Baldwin Popham naval reserves Bath men serving the country and troops in France. A good wool supply exists at the Y M C A and more help is welcomed.
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Bakhwin Boye
Trench
Khnining
Chie Niutiondeteue
Fort Baldwin
Pophita
France
Roons
Y. M
War Savings drive targets 16 counties in state
Dr Drake of this city accepted the county director post for a statewide thrift stamp and War Savings certificate campaign. Wednesday a luncheon at Cumberland Claib Portland brought together directors from 16 counties who declined the position with Herbert J Brown state director. The meeting planned an immediate intensive effort for distributing and selling the first issue of thrift stamps and War Livings certificates.
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Broderick DR. Drake
Cumberland Claib
Portland
Herbert J. Brown
Summer Visitor to Woolwich Writes Brightly From Base Hospital
A World War I letter from Jane I Rignes, a New York nurse in Flanders, describes life at a casualty clearing station near the front. She details bombings of dressing stations, constant artillery, sighting observation balloons, and airplanes overhead, plus hard work, damp tents, and lack of comforts as soldiers and nurses endure near the front lines.
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Woolwich
Flanders
Red Cross
Jetter
Jane I. Ripnel
New York
Madeline Evans
Merself
Madeline
Belgium
St. John
Roddy Grace
Fritz
War Pie Conservation War Pie Conservation
War Pie saves and conserves money by using economical condensed mixes and parchment packaging. It urges rationing and careful shopping, highlighting mince meat alternatives and cost savings through practical wartime pantry choices endorsed by government guidance.
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Ford
Brunswick Dramatic Club Opens 7th Season in Bath
Bath residents are invited to join the Brunswick Dramatic Club with no election. Tickets cost one dollar for two closed performances at Cumberland Theatre on December 4 and February 7, featuring Mary Jane's Pa and The Admirable Crichton. A third open show in April benefits a public cause. The club, in its seventh year, has staged works by Pinero Shaw Barrie Rostand MacKaye and Yeats.
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Bath
Brunswick Dramatic Club
Curtis Memorial Library
Brunswick
S. B. Furbish
Cumberland Theatre
Mary Jane
Edith Ellis
Doctor Now Major W. E. Kershner At Camp Sherman Ohio
Major W E Kershner is stationed at Camp Sherman Chillicothe Ohio in charge of eye and ear diseases at the base hospital a large facility serving 35000 to 40000 men Dr Casey A Wood renowned Chicago eye specialist is also there Under his command are four doctors and two nurses He has long service in the United States forces including Bath Boston and Burlingame as a lieutenant overseeing commission examinations and orders to Burling
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W. E. Kershner
Camp Sherman
Chillicopee
Ohio
Kershner
Casey A. Wood
Chicago
United States Service
Bath
Boston
Burling
Miserable From Stomach Trouble and Rheumatism
An elderly Montreal man Louis Laprie recalls two years of pain from stomach trouble and rheumatism. He credits Fruit-a-tives with relief after the first box. The ad notes price and availability through Fruitatives Limited Ogdensburg New York.
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Champlain Sr
Montreal
Louis Laprie
Fruitatives Limited
Ogdensburg
N.Y
Reliable Household Remedy Claims Do Good For All Ages
A traditional household tonic praised for stomach liver bile bowels and blood health. Said to aid men women and children safely and quickly relieve sick headache constipation and upset stomach while boosting overall strength. Used by New England families for over sixty years and advertised as proven by a single bottle.
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New England
Aly
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Hoover
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Charles Blair
Fred Temple
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